Solved Keep getting the same error!

Thanks for taking interest everyone!

Anyway i am having a problem when i try to load up my plugin. This is what happens.

Code:

2012-11-10 21:49:11 [SEVERE] Could not load 'plugins/Test.jar' in folder 'plugins'
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidDescriptionException: Invalid plugin.yml
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.getPluginDescription(JavaPluginLoader.java:197)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:132)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:229)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.reload(CraftServer.java:579)
    at org.bukkit.Bukkit.reload(Bukkit.java:183)
    at org.bukkit.command.defaults.ReloadCommand.execute(ReloadCommand.java:22)
    at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:185)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:504)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.dispatchServerCommand(CraftServer.java:496)
    at net.minecraft.server.DedicatedServer.al(DedicatedServer.java:251)
    at net.minecraft.server.DedicatedServer.r(DedicatedServer.java:216)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.q(MinecraftServer.java:495)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:428)
    at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:818)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Jar does not contain plugin.yml
    ... 14 more

I have been trying to figure this out and see why it won't work. Here is my plugin.yml if it helps.
P.S I believe it is on the right folder, the one that contains the api and src folders. When i exported it i made sure to check the box Plugn.yml, too.

Code:

name: Testclass
main: me.youngbawss22.youtube.Main
version: 0.1
description: >
            Test Plugin.
commands:
  giveme:
      description: This command gives you stuff.

Thanks for the help! And sorry, i'm a noob.

 

It's in the wrong place. Read the stacktrace.
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Jar does not contain plugin.yml

 

Could you give me a bit more information? I don't see how it is in the wrong place...

 

Why don't you? Where is it.

 

It is in the folder with the src, JRE System library and bukkit api.

 

Your plugin.yml Is in the src folder, drag plugin.yml over your java project

 

I don't believe it is. It is in the project folder. My plugin is called Testclass, and it is in the folder called Testclass along with the folders src, Java System Library and Bukkit 1.4.2. (The api)

I'm thinking it more along the lines of an error in the plugin.yml.

 

It is.
Your plugin.yml isn't formatted correctly

 

Thats what i thought, mind giving me a link to maybe an example plugin.yml, or just tell me what i did wrong?

 

Code:

 name: yourplugin
 main: blah.blah.blah.blah
 version: blah
 description: blah
 commands:
   blah:
     description: blah

 

I set it up like that... still getting the error

 

Because it's caused by a FileNotFoundException. Open your jar with 7-zip or simething and see if it's there.

EDIT: The plugin.yml that is.

 

I opened it with the unarchiver (because i have a mac) and it's there...

 

hmm, weird.

 

Should i post my code as well as the plugin.yml?

 

Your code should be irrelevant since your problem is this: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Jar does not contain plugin.yml

 

Still getting the same error... anybody willing to help

P.S How would i upload the plugin to the internet so someone could decompile it and further look into the problem.

 

http://yaml-online-parser.appspot.com/ <- YAML validating
btw: FileNotFoundException is a pretty straightforward error, though it has some other reasons.
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/FileNotFoundException.html
Validate your plugin.yml, put the plugin.yml in the src folder as everyone suggests, build, and try again

 

try opening your plugin.jar whit winrara to see if its realy inside the jar

 

I did, it's there. I'm just going to try and re-code it from scratch to see if i get the same error.

Good news: I redid the whole plugin, and it worked . I believe the problem was that i had a capital p in plugin. If that's not the problem, i'm not sure what it was. Thanks for the help everybody!

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.